Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E
6th Edition
ISBN:9781133893943
Author:ESTRIDGE
Publisher:ESTRIDGE
Chapter1: The Clinical Laboratory
Section1.7: The Metric System
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Factors which can influence antibiotic susceptibility testing (size of zone inhibition) are_________________.
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Introduction
Antibiotics are antimicrobial substances produced by certain microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. These substances inhibit or kill other microbes. The bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics is called as antibiotic susceptibility or antibiotic sensitivity. There are several types of antibiotic sensitivity testing methods that include disk diffusion method, E-test, and dilution methods. These tests help to identify the capability of drug to kill the bacteria.
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